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Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find
hurtful. (Udana-Varga 5:18) The Buddhist view is that moral behavior
flows naturally from mastering one's ego and desires and cultivating loving
kindness (metta) and compassion (karuna).
Eight steps-
Morality therein is indicated by right speech, right bodily action, and right
livelihood. Mental training is indicated by right effort, right mindfulness, and right
concentration of mind. And wisdom is indicated by right understanding and right
thought.
Right Views:- Right Understanding – The first stage of the Eightfold Path is,
as already stated, right understanding, i.e. understanding the true nature of
existence, and the moral laws governing the same. In other words, it is the right
understanding of the Dhamma Means seeing things as they really are. The means
of acquiring right understanding are through (a) observation and study, (b)
examination of observations and (c) meditation on the examinations One must
have right views of one’s existence as well as of the external world. He must
understand clearly the four noble truths and that the world is transitory and full of
suffering. Such an understanding alone can take his mind away from the things of
this world. Right knowledge can quench one’s thirst or desire and is there fore the
fore most requisite for one who wishes to take the path to liberation.
Right Speech:- Speech is a powerful mechanism that has often been under
estimated. talks The third stage is right speech. It consists of words which are
not false, not harsh, not scandalous, not frivolous, i.e. truthful words, mild words,
pacifying words, and wise words Right speech means the control and use of
speech in beneficial ways through the respect for truth and respect for the well-
being of others. Right speech also means avoiding lying, slandering, harsh speech
and idle One must abstain from telling a lie, must not be engaged in unnecessary
talks or meaningless arguments. One must be carful as not to use harsh words. He
shuld be gentle loving and kind to his fellow beings. He should unite those who are
divided and encourage those who are united this speech should be like treasure
uttered of the appropriate moment, and accompanied by arguments which are
moderate and sensible. Swami Vivekananda has won the hear of whole world by
his right speech and kabir also has given us the message of right speech. Always be
in control of yourself in speaking you may have to refuse peoples unreasonable
requests you may be annoyed with others for various reasons. But you must
express your feeling in a nice dignified manner which is likely to be more effective
than speaking in a harsh language. Once yo become violent in your speech you
may go beyond the limits you may have set you yourself and you may later regret
this violence in speech when you have unpleasant things to say. Say these firmly
clearly but do not make things worse by speaking in anger.
Right action:- The fourth stage is right bodily action, i.e. abstaining from
intentional killing or harming of any living creature, abstaining from dishonest
taking of others' property, abstaining from adultery Means the respect for lives,
properties and respect for personal relationships. These include the avoidance of
killing, stealing, robbing and sexual misconducts. Buddhism gives us a message of
right action but man is not dong his work honestly and without selfishness. But it
refers to the total avoidance of valence and passion at all levels of existence. Right
action is also any action that proceeds from an unobstructed mind when as morality
in the usual sense of the word can be practiced by one who is blind to the motives
behind this behavior. Right action is impossible without clean and deep
understanding.
Right Livelihood:- The fifth stage is right livelihood, i.e. such a livelihood as does
not bring harm and suffering to other beings Means earning a living in a manner
that does not violate basic moral values and caused harm to others. 5 kinds of
livelihood are discouraged for Buddhists; these include trading in (a) animals for
slaughter (b) slaves, (c) arms, (d) poisons and (e) intoxicants Right livelihood is
that by which the disciple of the noble one supports himself to the wrong modes of
livelihood. One must choose for oneself the right way earning a living and must
avoid all dishonest means of doing so we might say that this fifth factor of the path
requesting our work hours. It requires us to take time which will be conducing to
our own growth and development and which while if possible be beneficial to
others. If a job help us in our search for an understanding path of ourselves and of
the world around us then it is for us.
Right Efforts: The sixth stage is right effort. It is the fourfold effort which we
make in overcoming old and avoiding fresh bad actions by body, speech and mind;
and the effort which we make in developing fresh actions of righteousness, inner
peace and wisdom, and in cultivating them to perfection.
Right Mind fullness:- The seventh stage is right mindfulness, or alertness of mind.
It is the ever-ready mental clarity whatever we are doing, speaking, or thinking and
in keeping before our mind the realities of existence, i.e. the impermanence,
unsatisfactoriness and phenomenality (anicca, dukkha, anatta) of all forms of
existence Watching the body and mind and be aware of what one is doing.
It has been said of mind that it is like a pool. Too after that pool is agitated
and muddy reflecting nothing but its own turbidity Buddhist meditation is designed
to quite the mind until it becomes perfectly still. Then the deep recesses of the pool
can be seen clearly and it will reflect a true picture of what ever is presented to it.
I am not implying that the Buddha and his philosophy are perfect for fair
human contact or contactism. In fact, in my novel, Discovering Brides, released
recently from the U.S.A., I have shown the Buddha not so fair his young wife and
infant son as he left them unwarned in the middle of the night. For my support I
have quoted in my novel the lines from the famous Hindi epic, Yashodhara, by
Maithili Sharan Gupta. But then I have presented the Buddha, not as a religious
leader, but as a champion of contactism, who had the courage to cast away what
was unfair in his ancestral religious background. He thought of greater good in his
mid-night flight, a flight to and for the world out there.
As the world economy is now more globalized than ever before in the
history of humankind, we have begun to believe that there is very little chance for
another world war. But how about international terrorism? We still need to practice
ahimsa, non-injury, to the members of our own human species. Anthropologists
and other scientists have shown that humans evolved as one race and spread
around the globe eventually. Many races are political fictions; one race is a
scientific fact. The world to our human race came as one globe, not as many
nations. Buddhism spread internationally because it ignored racial and
geographical prejudices.
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